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Social Welfare in Transitional China / by Keqing Han
(Sociology, Media and Journalism in China. ISSN:2662799X)

Publisher	(Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan)
Year	2020
Edition	1st ed. 2020.
Authors	*Han, Keqing author SpringerLink (Online service)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00187334		Springer Social Sciences eBooks (電子ブック)	9789813296602

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	XXI, 405 p. 29 illus., 25 illus. in color : online resource
Notes	Part I Central Concepts -- Introduction -- China’s social transition and social welfare reform -- Impact of economic globalization on China’s social welfare policy -- Financial crisis and institutional countermeasures amid China’s social welfare reconstruction -- Social stratification objectives of China’s welfare construction -- Civil society and China’s social welfare reform -- Social quality theory and its enlightenment to China’s welfare reform -- “Third Way” theory and Chinese way of welfare reform -- Part II China’s welfare system -- Development of China’s elderly welfare in the transitional period -- Development of welfare for the Chinese disabled in the transitional period -- Changes on children’s palace and fulfillment of child welfare in China -- Welfare reconstruction for the urban poor: taking the subsistence security system as an example -- Social mobility and urban inclusion of migrant workers At a time of significant transformations in Chinese society, this book addresses the key issue of social welfare and the reform of the welfare system in 21st century China. Considering both the theory and policy making across a variety of welfare issues which directly impact on the country’s economic development, it examines the development of civil society, changes in social stratification and in social class structure. It notably considers the key questions of welfare in both urban and rural settings, for different population groups such as children, the elderly and the disabled, addressing topical issues of housing, education, public health, poverty and the restructuring of related welfare policy system to tackle China’s key issues. It also considers the impact of migrant workers in China and their social integration, including within the welfare system. Providing a unique insight into how economic globalization and financial crisis affects Chinese social welfare policies, this book is a key read for scholars worldwide interested in social transformation in Chinese society at a time of significant social and economic transition HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9660-2
Subjects	LCSH:Welfare state LCSH:Social structure LCSH:Equality LCSH:Educational sociology LCSH:Economic development LCSH:Sociology, Urban FREE:Welfare FREE:Social Structure FREE:Sociology of Education FREE:Development Studies FREE:Urban Sociology
Classification	LCC:JC479 DC23:361.65
ID	8000067031
ISBN	9789813296602